Can self-selection of subsidized commodities be used as a mechanism to transfer income to the poor? Evidence from two self-targeting programs, one in South Africa and one in Tunisia, shows that although self-targeting can clearly improve the distribution of food subsidies to the poorest members of society, its power to alleviate poverty and reduce income disparities is limited by preference pat...

This work deals with subsidy transfer from a manufacturer to a retailer through the distributor in cooperative advertising. While the retailer engages in local advertising, the manufacturer indirectly participates in retail advertising using advertising subsidy which is given to the distributor, who in turn transfers it to the retailer. The manufacturer is the Stackelberg game leader; the distr...

Background and Context Maize, the main staple crop remains the dominant crop among smallholder farmers in Malawi. Smallholder farmers devote almost 70 percent of their land to maize cultivation, and maize availability in the country de nes the food security situation of the country. Smallholder agriculture in Malawi has been characterized by low productivity, low technology and labour intensive...

China launched the Grassland Ecological Subsidy Policy in 2011 for restoring grassland ecology by paying pastoralists to downsize stocking on degraded grasslands and compensate their income loss from livestock reduction. The policy, largest payment ecosystem services program targeting pastoralism world, has been so far through two 5-year stages: 2015 with a subsidy at 1.5 CNY per standard mu ye...

Purpose This research investigates how subsidy programs in Vietnam's residential electricity market affect consumers' well-being. Design/methodology/approach Two perspectives are employed: cash transfer and quantity-based subsidy. The effectiveness of is measured three ways: benefit incidence, beneficiary incidence materiality. established under the increasing block rate pricing, with first two...

The paper introduces tax evasion through subsidies due to false declarations of charitable donations. The study distinguishes between a rebate and match subsidy in an experimental setting. Under the rebate subsidy the individual gets the subsidy, while under the match subsidy the charity organization gets the subsidy. First, I develop a theoretical model of charitable giving and tax evasion. Se...

This paper investigates welfare targeting for public goods in networks. First, we show that a tax/subsidy scheme (not necessarily budget-balanced) affects each consumer only insofar as it his neighbourhood. Second, either Pareto-improving income redistribution can be found or there exist Negishi weights, which relate to the network structure. Third, case of Cobb–Douglas preferences, Law Welfare...